The combat experience of military surgical assets in Iraq and Afghanistan: A historical review

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-383

  Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat support hospital; Forward surgical team; Military; Trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCIDENT; AFGHANISTAN; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFLICT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FASCIOTOMY; GENERAL SURGERY; GOVERNMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HISTORY; HUMAN; IRAQ; LAPAROTOMY; LIMB SALVAGE; LONG TERM CARE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAUMATOLOGY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AFGHANISTAN; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MILITARY MEDICINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 84865260050     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.09.028     Document Type: Review

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